David as Author and Prophet

Psalms Scroll^a 27:2–11

2nd Century BCE–1st Century CE

2And David, son of Jesse, was wise, and a light like the light of the sun, /and/ learned, 3[ ] and discerning, and perfect in all his paths before God and men. And 4[ ] YHWH gave him a discerning and enlightened spirit. And he wrote psalms: 5three thousand six hundred; and songs to be sung before the altar over the perpetual 6offering of every day…

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Although David had long been regarded as a composer of texts, especially of psalms, in the Second Temple period he was depicted as a prolific author of works extending far beyond what eventually became canonical.

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